News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Teen Marijuana Vaping Soars, Displacing Other Habits. Parent comment

Re:Teen Marijuana Vaping Soars, Displacing Other Habits by yonaguska on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @01:56PM (#21828004)
From the linked article

> Heavy marijuana use in adolescence or early adulthood has been associated with a dismal set of life outcomes including poor school performance, higher dropout rates, increased welfare dependence, greater unemployment and lower life satisfaction.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Teen Marijuana Vaping Soars, Displacing Other Habits by jklinger410 on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @02:22PM (#21828289)
Considering that Marijuana is illegal, this seems impossible to prove.

Show me the development of a teen in a society where open marijuana consumption is a non-issue to compare against.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Teen Marijuana Vaping Soars, Displacing Other Habits by thatcat on Thursday December 19, 2019 @03:15AM (#21832986)
Right - you can't use drug tests to unfairly weed people out of employment, then list drugs as the cause of unempoyment and poor life outcomes.
[ Parent | on HN ]